asamsa
Irish
Etymology
asam + -sa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈasˠəmˠsˠə/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑsˠəmˠsˠə/[1]
Pronoun
asamsa
- first-person singular emphatic of as
References
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 28.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish [Term?]. Cognate with Irish asamsa and Manx assyms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈas̪əms̪ə/
- Hyphenation: a‧sam‧sa
Pronoun
asamsa
- first-person singular emphatic of à: from me
- Cha chuala e sin asamsa co-dhiù. ― He didn't hear that from me anyway.
Inflection
| Personal inflection of à | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
| Singular | 1st | asam | asamsa | ||||||
| 2nd | asad | asadsa | |||||||
| 3rd m | às | às-san | |||||||
| 3rd f | aiste | aistese | |||||||
| Plural | 1st | asainn | asainne | ||||||
| 2nd | asaibh | asaibhse | |||||||
| 3rd | asta | astasan | |||||||
References
- Colin Mark (2003), “à”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 2